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Discontinued Operations
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
Discontinued Operations Discontinued Operations
On February 9, 2017, the Company entered into a Purchase Agreement with Tempo Acquisition, LLC (the “Purchase Agreement”) to sell its benefits administration and business process outsourcing business (the “Divested Business”) to an entity formed and controlled by affiliates of The Blackstone Group L.P. (the “Buyer”) and certain designated purchasers that are direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Buyer.
On May 1, 2017, the Buyer purchased all of the outstanding equity interests of the Divested Business, plus certain related assets and liabilities, for a purchase price of $4.3 billion in cash paid at closing, subject to customary adjustments set forth in the Purchase Agreement, and deferred consideration of up to $500 million (the “Transaction”). Cash proceeds after customary adjustments and before taxes due were $4.2 billion.
Aon and the Buyer entered into certain transaction-related agreements at the closing, including two commercial agreements, a transition services agreement, certain intellectual property license agreements, subleases, and other customary agreements. Aon expects to continue to be a significant client of the Divested Business and the Divested Business has agreed to use Aon for its broking and other services for a specified period of time.
The financial results of the Divested Business for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 are presented as Net income (loss) from discontinued operations on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. The following table presents the financial results of the Divested Business (in millions):
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30
 
Nine Months Ended September 30

 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total operating expenses
 
$
1

 
$
4

 
$
2

 
$
7

Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes
 
(1
)
 
(4
)
 
(2
)
 
(7
)
Income tax benefit
 
—

 
(2
)
 
(1
)
 
(3
)
Net loss from discontinued operations excluding gain
 
(1
)
 
(2
)
 
(1
)
 
(4
)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
9

Net income (loss) from discontinued operations
 
$
(1
)
 
$
(2
)
 
$
(1
)
 
$
5


There were no cash or cash equivalents of discontinued operations at September 30, 2019.